Kickin' It With Kiz

Kickin' it with Kiz: Reader thinks Broncos need better game plan

Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, feeling the heat Monday night against the San Diego Chargers, has been far more productive in the second half than the first this season. (Joe Amon, The Denver Post)

Half kidding. For the Broncos, the toughest competition seems to be Peyton Manning vs. the game plan. I think Manning is terrific, terrific, terrific, and only wish Denver had an offensive "mastermind" to call plays in the first half. At times, the coaches seem to work against the team. The offense and defense show a lack of polish in the first half. How do you have an elite quarterback and fail to score in the first half against San Diego? That's lousy game-planning, I would think.

Wanda, Denver

Kiz: It's a blessing to coach a Hall of Fame quarterback. All those W's look good on your résumé. But it's also a curse for John Fox, because the quarterback will always be considered smarter than his coach. Ask Dan Reeves. The conventional wisdom is he held down John Elway worse than a ball and chain. Well, Reeves somehow allowed Elway to get all the way to the Super Bowl three times in a four-season span. You want to remind me again why Reeves is not in the Ring of Fame, but Jim Turner is?

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Top 10 list. Top 10 questions overheard at "Monday Night Football" party when the Broncos played San Diego: 1) Are the Broncos a Class 4A or 5A high school team? 2) At what altitude do Broncos morph into Donkeys? 3) Pat Bowlen to Pat Sajak: Can I have a "D," please? 4) Where's Tim Tebow? 5) What did Eric Decker trip over? 6) Really? Elway married a former Raiders cheerleader? 7) Can you see if "Seinfeld" is on another channel? 8) Is that Frank Tripucka wearing No. 18? 9) What do you mean, the Broncos are winning? 10) How do I get tickets to the next home game?

Mark, Snowmass

Kiz: Even under deadline pressure, the wordsmiths at Kickin' Headquarters resisted the temptation to bury the Broncos at halftime in San Diego. Why? Two little words: Norv Turner.

Look out, Jason! I used to think as long as the Rockies finished ahead of the Cubs, all would be right in my sports world. This year, I realized the Rockies are, in fact, the western Cubs. That hurts my sports soul more than you will ever know. I adore Jason Giambi. However, I want him to succeed. With Bill Geivett, the Wizard of Oz, in the Colorado clubhouse, I don't think that can happen. It is for that reason I do not want Giambi to be the next manager of the Rockies.

Alyssa, Broomfield

Kiz: Isn't this the time of year when newspapers offer endorsements? OK, here goes. Giambi for manager. On one condition. You've heard of Giambi's lucky golden thong, right? Well, Giambi must ensure general manager Dan O'Dowd wears that thong during the draft. Because no Colorado manager is going to succeed until O'Dowd finds some decent pitching.

Tebow lives on. Where's my Tebow jersey? Filed at the top as the greatest Bronco ever, until someone turns a disaster of a team into a playoff winner, no matter how many times the media tries to discount what Tebow did in 2011. Do us all a favor and stop comparing everything to Tebow.

Vic, builder of Tebow shrine

Kiz: So the Jets are thinking of making Tebow a running back. Good idea. He's far closer to Mike Alstott than Steve Young. Now, before I raise my right hand and take a solemn vow to stop comparing everything (and everybody) to Tebow, here's one more comparison: Tebow wasn't even the best player on his college team. That honor would go to Percy Harvin.

Strapping. And today's parting shot offers the opinion that backward thinking should be no surprise from someone who can't even put his pants on straight:

Ha, Kiz. All of a sudden you think Manning is a better quarterback than Elway? You also once said Roger Staubach was a better quarterback than Elway. I think you have it in for Elway. That's your problem. Most sportswriters are frustrated athletes. You are critical of someone who does things you were never able to do. What a strange outlook you have. I don't think you would even know how to put on a jockstrap.

Gary, keeper of Elway shrine

Kick it with Kiz by writing mkiszla @denverpost.com. Or listen to him on the radio 7-9 a.m. Monday through Friday at 93.7 FM and 1510 AM.

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